"Forensic Scientist Urges Identification of 50,000 Unidentified American Skeletons"

Over 50,000 sets of human bones and skulls remain unidentified in the United States, prompting forensic artists like Joe Mullins to create lifelike busts of missing people in an effort to give them a name and their families closure. Mullins, along with a small band of forensic imaging specialists, uses advanced computer programs and physical sculpting to bring these unidentified individuals to life. Their work has helped solve numerous cases, providing answers for families frozen in uncertainty for decades, but there are still around 15,000 open cases concerning unidentified people, highlighting the need for more resources and attention to this silent mass disaster.